McNair was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives and later the Jefferson County Commission.

McNair was convicted in 2006 of bribery and conspiracy in connection with Jefferson County sewer construction and sentenced to five years in prison. He entered in 2011 and was released in 2013 because of his health problems and age.

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